Shade for automobile lights



H. H. HIGERT. SHADE FOR AUTOMOBILE LIGHTS. APPLICATION FILED Nov.13. 1919.

1,403,496, Patented Jan.' 17, 1922.-

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being of such character Unirse' EENB H. HIGER-T, LFE' INDIANAFLS, INDIN..

' SHAEBE FR AUTTHOELE LIG-YTB.

i Application mea november T 0 all Awhom 'it may concern:

Be it known that l, HENRY H. Hiennr, a citizen of the United States, residing at. lndianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Shade for Automobile Lights, or" which the following is a speciiication.

The object of my invention is to provide an attachment or cooperative element for automobile head-lights, by means of which the driver may avoid any glare of lightin the eyes 'oi2 the driver ci an approzrhing ve hicle, and at the saine time eXtra-i lui'ninate both sides or" the road for the convenience of himself and approachingdriver, trie device that, under normal conditions, the full strength of the light beams from the lamps will be thrown upon the road at any distance in front ci the oar for which the larnps be set.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.A Fig. 1 a diagrammatic plan of two approaching one equipped with my' improvement, and vthe other not so equipped; Fig.' 2 an axial Vertical section of a lamp equipped with my invention; Fig. 3 a front elevation ,i Fig. 4 a horizontal section; Fig. 5 a diagrammatic plan showing one larrangement oy which the detlectors ci both lamps may be simultaneously operated by pulling a single cord; and Fig. '5 an under plan of one pair ci? defiectors and operating arms.

In the drawings, 10 indicates the lamp or head-light of any ordinary form. For the purpose of abnormally detlecting the light rays horizontally Without normally interfen ing with the passage of said rays to the roadway directly in iront of the car, l provide two semi-circular deiiectors 11. 11 supported at their adjacent edges by pivot shafts 12, 12 conveniently supported in ears 13 carried by the lamp body. These ears or support-s may be of any suitable form and, in order that the device may be readily attached to'existing lamps, l have shown them as small brackets, readily attached to the casing of the lamp body by bolts 15. Each shaft 12 is provided with an operating arm 16 and a spring 17 serves to normally hold Specification of Letters Patent, Patente@ Jam 21?,

13, 1915*. Serial. o. 337,789.

the tivo delectors in central position parallel with the axis or the lamp, the tvvo cooperatino; detiectors oteach lamp being held close together front to front.

Arranged adjacent each pair of shafts is an arno 18 carrying an eye or guide 19. Attached to one arm 16 is one end of an operating -rope 2O which is car ied thence through the adjacent 2guide; thence through a guide 22 in the end o arm 1f) of the adjacent shaft 12; thence through guide 23 in the end of the nearest arm 16 of the companion lamp; thence through adjacent guide 19; thence through guide 2 of the other arm -16 of 'that lamp; and from thence to a point ci convenient access by the driver.

'lhe deiectors are so arranged relative to the light beam from the lainp that, when moved to divergent position, as indicated in Fig'. e, and at the right of 1, the rays `vill be horizontally deilected, seine to the right and some to the lett, so to be detlected trom the direct line ci vision of the driver of an oncoming' car and so as to thoroughly illuminate both sides of the road, as indicated in Figs. 1 and il. rlhe angle or" displacement of the deiectors JIrorn normal position to obtain the desired result, is coinparatively slight, but the capability of deflection may be snflicient to canse the deflec- 'tors to practically cover the lamp, thus rendering` tl e device available for use in those cities having dimming ordinances. In such case, the deflectors may be provided with small notches 30 to produce small light-emitting ope-ning. The delectors may be translucent, ii desired.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination, with a head-light, of a pair deflectors pivotally supported and shiftable to a horizontally forwardly-divergent position such as to deflect portions of the light bean] horizontally to opposite sides /e't the road, an operating arni connected to each deflect-or, a cable support adjacent the two arms and an operating' cable attached to one arm and threaded through said cable support and then the other arm.

issn article of manufacture, a heailight attachment comprising a pair 'of defleotor'rpivotally supported and shftable to then the other arm, and means for attaching a holiontully forwardlydivergent position, 'the Same to 11 head-light. 10 such'rs tofdeleet portions of the light beam j,"`In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set horiaontally to opposite sides of the road, ,fly hand :1t Indianapolis, Indiana, thisollth .25 :In operating arm connected to each d'eecday of November, A. D. one thousand nine tor, a cable support adjacent the two; girms, hundred and nineteen. an operating cable attached to one nrmnnd threaded through said cable vsupport 'and HENRY H. HIGERT. 

